San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1887-09-13
COUNCIL MEETING.
THE PRESSING NEED OF SCHOOL
ROOM.

Gallagher to the Fore-The Mayor
Advises Caution and Care of the
Peoples Money, "They are
Your Soverelgns."
When all the boys we're in their seats
| the executive raped them to order and
| the roll was called and minutes of last
meeting were read and approved. Then
| the folio wing petitions and memorials
were read and disposed of:
From Johnston Il Carroll: To be al
lowed to keep the Fischer alley closed
up. The mayor thought Schasse ought
to be heard, while Smye wanted the
opening delayed for six months. vote
sustained the mayor, although 1t was al
most tie vote, and then the matter was
referred to the committee on petitions
and ordinances and city attorney.
Doris Il Colyin wanted to close Leona
street for one day to exhibit their circus
and menagerle. Degener wanted to re-
fuse and also wanted to know what au-
boards for signs on the plaZas. The
mayor had granted this permission for
two shows coming and would probably
have IN application for another. Deg
ener moved that petition be refused.
Lost. Petition WIS then granted, the
noes voting loudly.
From j. ID. DeMoss, for permit to pass
through third-class road on property
of LecOmpt, in Besnville. Received and
filed.
From VIM. Mitchell, for permit to
open meat stall. Market committee.
Citizens, for gas lamps. Referred to
market committee.
Finance committee reported favorably
on petition of citizens on Augusta street
to have that street repaired at cost OF
$3.50. The city engineer said the work
was badly needed and could be done
cheap now while good gravel from the
street work on Lexington avenue was
near at hand, and could be had for the
carting away. Adopted, and the money
appropriated. The communication
from the street commissioner, stat
exhausted, was referred by the finance
committee to the streets and bridges
committee. City officers accounts and
reports for August were found correct
and ordered filed.
Streets and bridges committee report
ed the street commissioners report for
August was correct. Filed. The cover
ing for the San Pedro ditch, on Acequia
street, near Main plaza, would cost 500.
and the same was apprOpr ated.
Fire committee reported favOrably on
DR.. Starnes' petition for an irOn-clad
shed on Crockett street. Granted. Pc
tition from San Antonio Iron foundry
for exemption from taxation as manu-.
factory, was granted as TO buildings, but
not as to real estate. The petition OF
F. +. Collins for a shed over his proper
ty on Houston street was not
granted, as according to the map fur
nislled by the city engineer, the property
originally belonged to the city and
might belong TO the city now.
Ditch committee reported finding the
reports of the ditch commissioners cor
rect, and they were filed.
Assessment committee reported IN
favorably on petition OF Drefllich for re-
ductiOn of assessment. Adopted.
Police committee reported, finding
correct the reports Of the city marshal,
inspector Of weights and measures, city
jailer, for August and the report was
adopted.
Gas and water committee submitted
bills of wsterwOrks company for furnish
ing the city with water for sprinkling
the parks, and ordered same paid.
Adopted.
Market committee reported favOrably
on petitions of persons for establish
ment OF meat stalls and allowed one Cit
iZen to remove his stall. Granted.
Reports OF officers then came up. The
city engineers report on the enCrOach-
ment on the river by F. +. Collins, was
submitted with map of the same. A
committee of four aldermen and the
city attorney was appointed as follows:
Belkn8p, Smye, Gallagher and Schrein-
er, to look into the matter, and also the
Elliott encrOachment at Commerce ST.
bridge. He also reported on petition
OF Chas. Engleman about Mrs. Strib-
bling's property lines, finding they were
all right. Adopted.
City attorney reported on petition of
S. 4. Navarro for compensation for re-
moving his sidewalk from wrong grade
given by former city engineer, holding
that the city was not responsible for the
acts of its officers. The petition was
not adopted.
The engineer reported that Mr..
SeamOn's entertainments on BurlesOn
street we're about the same as the city's
encroachments on Seamcn's property on
the Walnut street side. The railway &C.
cupied nearly all of what should be Wal
nut street. Referred to streets and
bridges committee and city engineer.
He also recommended that encrOaCh-
ments OF property owners on river, to
north Of Houston street bridge be
stopped and advised that when property
on the banks OF the river changed own
ers. the new owners be required to build
a wall at the limit to their property
lines on the river. His report relative 10
the extension of Corcoran street advised
Al, - hn
closed by Messrs. HUH & Son and DR..
Hermann, who claim it rs private prop
erty. In reference to petition OF DR.. Eli
OFT and others, for relief from overflow
of Upper Labor ditch, he reported that
$l55 would be required to build wall
to stop this. Referred to ditch commit
tee and city engineer. Acting on his re-
port the drains, ETC., on Pine street,
through the army reservation were Or
dered. Cost $50.
Special committee reported recon.
mending that class e sidewalks be put
down on both sides of Arsenal street
from South Laredo to South Flores
streets, and class q walk be ordered on
the south side of Arsenal street from
Flores street to the river. Adopted. A
few years ago the U. S. authorities who
own the property on the north side Of
Arsenal street to the river, were COM
PEELED to put down a class A cement
walk and did so. But Uncle Sam always
gets "stuck" Cd the last "horse."
Smye wanted to know what action
had been taken on the complaint of citi-
zens Of the storing of coal oil in
wooden warehouse near Sunset depot.
He thought the marshal had been Or
dered to remove the danger, but he now
learned that the place was filled with
oil. The marshal said he had attended